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I Demo'd the Normal Meta AM, and its for sure a tank for plowing, downsizing worked but it felt cramped when i pedaled it from the demo zone to lift.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBoHU39uA0E
For a standard that's been on the books for 2-3 years, there's zero support from any distributors or companies for the aftermarket.
3rd iteration of the rocker?
"Hubrschmidt"
It's only 2 gears but it basically replaces the front chain rings...all in the hub. Currently it mimics a 52t/36t road setup but it should easily get to a classic mtb 38t/22t setup.
I'm really interested to see it develop.
Since large cassettes and massive deralieurs became the norm I've been itching to get back to a small cage and cassette for decreased weight and increased durability. The hub does add weight but that will hopefully be offset by the smaller mech and cassette it allows.
Apparently it shifts under load and without pedalling!! Thats the dream surely!? Even if it's only 2 gears
It would make most sense with bigger jumps between gears on the cassette and use this hub gear to double up the number of gears. So six or seven cogs for 12 or 14 gears. But you'd still need a 40t large chainring and a somewhat standard derailleur. It would be a lot narrower though.
And you'd need electronic shifting to achieve that as the hub would shift back and forth every time with the cassette doing a shift only every second time.
I think I've already talked about this here anyway. That hub is far from something new...
Roadies are already using it with regular 11 and 12 speed cassettes.
So all you need a compensation shift when you change the hub gears. Both Di2 and AXS road groups can already be programmed to do this, so when you shift on the front the automatically compensates.
In this case it could be even better because you’re not asking the chain to do shift front and rear at the same time.
Some new Boxxer shots from 3:37 onwards. Buttercups are present, dunno about the airpsing sealhead, is it red or gold? The first proto in the shots also doesn't have the vent valves, the second does.
Latest dialed with Dak explaining they have a new new link with some changes to the suspension, how it's not really nice for them to get them so late and not being able to prepare before the WC, that they are less than ideally prepared at races, etc., but that it's nice they are iterating so quickly.
Basically confirming what we were talking about here.
https://youtu.be/4iNG49ii5eg
Isn't Kerr on the current Saint? S@!t happens sometimes and personally, I'm amazed there weren't more mechanicals at Fort Bill.
How many riders with dropped chains were on high pivots/idlers? Didn't really watch the stream.